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God’s intelligence

From
Vasudev Godbole

You report that the Smithsonian has cancelled the screening of a film that “ponders ‘purpose within cosmic evolution'” – the idea that has become known as “intelligent design” (11 June, p 4). One interesting question that no one seems to ask is why people feel a need to adopt this viewpoint.

An engineer who builds a plane that travels from London to New York without a pilot is more intelligent than an engineer whose plane needs a pilot. Yet passengers may feel better in the second type of plane. Similarly a God who creates evolution, which needs no further intervention, …